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Round 1
Roop goes high with a head kick early and has it blocked. Duran
comes back with a right hand, then takes a slapping left high kick
to the cheek. Another right hand from Duran clips Roop, who pulls
up short on his counter. Roop catches Duran under the armpit with a
thudding body kick. One-two combo from Duran has Roop on rubbery
legs momentarily, but he quickly recovers. Duran is doing well to
pick off Roop as the larger man comes inside. Now he catches a kick
and plows Roop to the ground, landing in his open guard. Roop
throws elbows off his back as he puts his feet on Duran’s thighs
and tries to push off. Roop closes up guard as he wraps up Duran’s
head, maybe angling for a triangle choke. Duran breaks it up by
controlling Roop’s head as they scoot around the canvas. Duran
tries to posture up but Roop has his arms controlled. More elbows
from Roop underneath in the last 20 seconds of the round; Duran is
mostly inactive on top but lands a couple short punches and a
shoulder shrug before the horn.

Round 2
Roop counters a low kick with a hook, and Duran quickly gets inside
on a single-leg to put Roop on the fence. Roop spins around, trying
to take Duran’s back, and Duran sits down to try and prevent the
back mount. With his right hook in, Roop sits down behind him and
works to secure the position while simultaneously trying for a
rear-naked choke. Duran peels off Roop’s right hand at the wrist,
so Roop peppers with punches until he’s able to wrap the arm around
Duran’s throat again. Again, Duran defends, and now he posts to
stand back up against the fence. Duran lands a knee to the body and
almost escapes before being shoved back into the cage midway
through the round. Duran catches a body kick, can’t get Roop down
but manages to separate. Another single-leg attempt in the middle
of the cage yields a takedown for Duran, but now he has to fend off
a loose guillotine from Roop. It’s too loose, and Duran pops his
head out with 90 seconds left. Roop throws elbows and short punches
off his back as he squirms and inches backward toward the fence.
Meanwhile, Duran is just keeping control on the ground with a
waistlock; it proves fruitless, as Roop posts and stands as soon as
they hit the perimeter.

Round 3
Duran has Roop down at the base of the fence within 15 seconds, but
Roop is back on his feet 10 seconds later. Duran presses him on the
fence while Roop looks for the Thai plum and throws knees up the
middle. Now it’s Roop on the outside, working Duran’s body and head
with solid right hands. Duran lands a knee to Roop’s body but he’s
getting mugged on the fence by the taller man. Another half-dozen
right hands up top from Roop have Duran struggling to escape. Roop
hits a takedown with 2:45 left in the fight and Duran closes up
guard underneath. Duran opens up guard, posts and stands, but gives
up his back in the process. Duran shakes him off and now puts
Roop’s back to the cage. Referee Philippe Chartier calls for action
as they pummel on the fence. Duran isn’t mounting much offense,
just holding Roop on the fence while Roop gets busy with short
punches, then a pair of hard knees to Duran’s chin. Final 30
seconds now and Roop scores with knees to the body while Duran digs
for the single-leg. They separate just before the horn and both men
keep swinging afterwards.

Round 1
Tamura moves counterclockwise in an open stance and lands an inside
leg kick. Dillashaw backs him off with a front kick and grazes with
a right hook before hitting the Shooto vet with an outside leg
kick. Tamura cracks Dillashaw with a nice right-handed counter just
before Dillashaw comes forward and plants him at the base of the
fence. Tamura drives forward on a leg but Dillashaw cradles him and
spins around to try and take the back. Nice knee to the body lands
for Dillashaw as Tamura stands back up and gets pressed against the
cage. Dillashaw hits another takedown but Tamura is right back up.
Dillashaw pins him on the fence and works some knees to the thigh;
he’s warned by ref Yves Lavigne to keep the knees clean. More knees
to the leg from Dillashaw as the bantamweights tangle their arms,
working for position. Dillashaw frees up his right hand and socks
Tamura in the ribs a few times; now Lavigne warns him against
holding the fence. The ref splits them up with a minute left in the
round and Tamura ducks under a Dillashaw high kick as they resume.
Dillashaw lands an outside leg kick and takes a right hook in
return. Both men are swinging hard down the stretch, neither
landing cleanly.

Round 2
Tamura again sets up on the outside as Dillashaw presses on him
from the center. Dillashaw steps in, fakes low, then kicks high and
blasts him with a left head kick. Tamura hits the deck, falling to
his back. Dillashaw pounces immediately and turns out Tamura’s
lights with a barrage of right hands and ref Yves Lavigne rushes in
to save the unconscious Tamura. T.J. Dillashaw picks up the
knockout victory 26 seconds into the second round.

Round 1
Story creeps in on Mulhern in the southpaw stance while the UFC
newcomer moves around the outside. Story cracks Mulhern with a left
hand and Mulhern goes down, pushing Story off with his long guard
before popping back up to his feet. Mulhern shoots a double-leg
from way out and Story sprawls all over it. Story comes forward
again and clips Mulhern with a right hand. Mulhern tries to keep
Story at bay with long kicks, but Story walks right through it and
lands a right hand, then resets and blasts Mulhern with a left hook
to the body and a hard low kick. Mulhern lands a left of his own
now; Story keeps walking forward, lands a leg kick and eats another
counter hook. Left hook to the body from Story is followed by a
scorching left hook to the right eye of Mulhern, who circles away
holding his eye. Story is all over him, chasing with more punches
until Mulhern falls to the ground. Mulhern is fetal on the ground
and absorbs a shot to the body before referee Marc-Andre Cote can
step in. Rick Story takes the win via TKO at 3:05 of the first
round.

Round 1
The strikers feint and twitch as they bounce around the center of
the cage for the first 30 seconds of the bout. Makdessi lands first
with a tapping inside leg kick, answered in kind by Cruickshank.
The Montreal crowd is restless and starts booing after a minute of
inactivity. Cruickshank whiffs on a round kick and Makdessi fakes a
shot. Now it’s Cruickshank looking to pump his jab, still not
landing though. Cruickshank blocks a hook kick from Makdessi and
tries to counter with punches, but nothing really gets through.
Makdessi is starting to string together some hard leg kicks; it’s
still not enough for the fans, who are letting the lightweights
hear it now three minutes into the bout. Makdessi sticks his jab in
Cruickshank’s face and lands an inside leg kick which strays low.
Referee Marc Goddard calls time to allow Cruickshank to recover,
and he does so quickly. They resume with 1:20 left and the round
still up for grabs. A snapping left hand lands for Makdessi.
Cruickshank grazes with a spinning kick to the body before being
denied on a takedown attempt. Makdessi slaps Cruickshank with an
outside leg kick before the end of the round.

Round 2
Makdessi paws at Cruickshank with his left hand, and Cruickshank
answers with a grazing lead round kick. Both men switch stances as
Cruickshank looks to back Makdessi off with a side kick. Makdessi
lands a hard low kick and Cruickshank answers with a chop to
Makdessi’s lead leg. Cruickshank comes inside with an uppercut and
dips out before Makdessi can retaliate. Cruickshank misses with a
spinning backfist and eats a nice counter right from Makdessi. More
boos from the crowd midway through the bout, though they’re looking
more active than in the first. Cruickshank gets stung and dives on
a takedown which Makdessi sprawls on easily. Makdessi backs off the
“Detroit Superstar” with a right hand, resets and doubles up on his
jab. An overhand right from Cruickshank has Makdessi’s nose
bleeding. Outside thigh kick from Makdessi lands as the round
enters its final minute. Makdessi scores with a left hand but takes
a side kick to the face in return. A punching combo from Makdessi
stings Cruickshank, who charges forward with a wild flying knee and
falls to the ground. He hops back up and both lightweights finish
the round swinging.

Round 3
Makdessi opens the round with a looping left hook, then gets backed
off by front kicks from the taller Cruickshank. More pawing jabs
come from Makdessi as Cruickshank switches to the southpaw stance.
Cruickshank connects with a right straight, countered by a left
hand up top from Makdessi, then one to the body. Makdessi catches a
kick, knocks Cruickshank to the ground and waves him back up.
Makdessi goes to the body with a left, then up top with a right
cross. A wheel kick from Cruickshank comes up short, and Makdessi
defends a long double-leg attempt afterward. Another nice pair of
left jabs light up Cruickshank, who shoots again from a mile out.
Cruickshank pulls guard and Makdessi kicks at him for a moment this
time before letting him back up. Two minutes left in the fight now
and Makdessi is taking control, courtesy of his left hand. He
grazes the body of Cruickshank with a spinning back kick and dodges
a high kick from the American. Makdessi spins into range with a
backfist and catches a finger in his left eye as he turns around.
Ref Goddard doesn’t deduct a point but warns Cruickshank to keep
his hands closed. They resume with a minute left and “The Bull”
comes charging forward. Cruickshank tries to clinch but Makdessi
won’t stay put. Makdessi scores with a jab-uppercut combo, then
doubles up on a right hand to close out the bout.

Round 1
Mein rushes out to meet Miller and gets backed off by a
combination. Mein is inching Miller toward the fence while Miller
looks to keep him away with jabs. Miller ducks a hook and plows
Mein to the ground, where Mein quickly starts trying to push the
New Jerseyan away with butterfly hooks. Miller catches Mein in a
deep, deep armbar, but the Canadian youngster flips over the top
and stacks up to relieve the pressure. Mein pops to his feet and
lets Miller back up. Miller comes forward and staggers Mein with a
quick right hand. Mein catches a hard body kick and swipes Miller
with a right-hand counter. Miller comes underneath a Mein combo to
counter with a left hook. A cracking left hook from Mein puts
Miller on his posterior, and Mein lets him back to his feet with
just over a minute left. Now it’s a right hand from Mein finding
its mark on Miller’s chin, but Miller stays standing this time.
Popping jabs from Mein, then another, and Miller’s nose is
bleeding. Mein senses that Miller is in trouble and swarms all over
him with punches against the fence, including some nasty uppercuts
to the body. The bloodied Miller hits the deck; Mein shucks his
legs to the side, gets in position and blasts away with left hands
until referee Marc-Andre Cote intervenes. With a TKO at 4:42 of
round one, Jordan Mein becomes the first man to stop Dan
Miller.

Round 1
Carvalho lands a hook to the body and clinches up to land another
before being shoved off. He shoots wide on a double-leg and
Carvalho sprawls against the fence. Elkins digs an underhook and
connects with a couple right hands before separating. Carvalho
backs Elkins off with a chopping outside leg kick. Single-leg
attempt from Elkins doesn’t work, so he stands and pushes Carvalho
against the fence briefly. Carvalho misses with a whipping right
high kick midway through the round. Elkins is looking more
tentative as Carvalho threatens with speedy counter left hooks. A
right hand on the cheek staggers Carvalho, who wobbles just a
little before being set upon by Elkins with a grazing left and a
right straight. Carvalho falls to the ground for a split second,
just long enough for ref Yves Lavigne to jump in and halt the
contest. “Pato” is immediately on his feet, protesting the
stoppage, but it’s too late. Darren Elkins is awarded the win via
TKO at 3:06 of round one.

Round 1
Voelker swings heavy right hands early while Cote looks to dip in
and out, picking at the American with quick punches. Cote scores
with a few solid right hands before being wrapped up and pressed
into the fence by Voelker, who is immediately reversed. Cote takes
the outside with an underhook and uses his free right hand to
pepper with short punches. Voelker turns him around, but Cote gets
right back to the outside position. Cote separates with a level
elbow and makes Voelker flinch as he steps in the pocket to
strikes. He ducks a pair of Voelker punches and comes back with a
glancing right hand. Cote lands two hard outside leg kicks before
the welterweights wrap up again. Voelker trips Cote to the ground
with 2:00 left in the opening round, and Cote closes up his guard.
Cote swings his legs around, trying for an armbar on Voelker’s left
arm, can’t get it. Voelker postures up in Cote’s closed guard and
Cote drills him with some hard elbows from the bottom. Another
armbar attempt yields nothing and Cote instead tries to push
Voelker away. Voelker stays on top, his head controlled by Cote,
who looks for another armbar. Voelker pulls his arm loose to finish
on top.

Round 2
Cote stuns Voelker with an uppercut but the American stays on his
feet and throws hands in return. Outside leg kick lands for Cote,
who backs out of range of the swinging Voelker. Now an outside leg
kick from Voelker connects. Cote is ready for the next one but
can’t find his mark with the right-handed counter. Short hook to
the body from Cote is followed by a left up top. Voelker rushes
Cote into the fence and is quickly spun around. Cote takes a step
back and unloads with about 10 punches, though some go off the arms
of Voelker, who covers up under fire. Voelker comes forward,
throwing wide hooks that back Cote into the fence. Cote wants the
clinch and uses it to get outside and separate. Cote lands a
leaping jab; Voelker responds with a knee, eats a right hook and
lands another sharp knee up the middle. Cote puts Voelker on the
fence with an underhook and Voelker grabs the Thai plum. Cote
explodes out with a body-head combo, and he’s sporting a nasty cut
on the inside of his left eye as Voelker connects with another
knee. Back on the fence they go, Cote on the outside. Voelker lands
a palm strike before tossing Cote to the floor, but Cote pops back
up. Voelker comes forward to land a left hand and sprawls on a
takedown attempt just before the horn.

Round 3
A left hand from Voelker has Cote staggering backwards early, and
Voelker rushes to try and finish the job. Cote recovers quickly and
pins Voelker to the cage, slowing the pace with a single-leg
attempt. Cote lets him go, misses with a leaping knee. They clinch
on the fence, Cote taking the outside position as Voelker tries to
slip out. Cote separates with a standing elbow, but Voelker comes
right at him and rocks him with another left. A level-change from
Cote is greeted by another Voelker knee, and Voelker hits a
takedown at the base of the cage after Cote tries to hold him there
again. Hard right-handed hammer-fists come from Voelker on top as
Cote tries to pivot for an armbar. Cote gets to his feet for a
second, but Voelker has his leg hooked and puts him right back
down. Cote stands again and Voelker again throws him to the canvas.
Cote grabs Voelker’s left arm and throws up his legs but doesn’t
have the angle. Just over one minute left in the bout and Voelker
has Cote stuck on the fence as they stand, then double-legs him
down again. Cote’s armbar attempts aren’t even coming close now as
Voelker mashes the Canadian’s face with punches and elbows from the
top. Cote is covering up by the end, just trying to avoid Voelker’s
steady stream of left hands before the final horn.

Round 1
The lanky Fletcher opens up on his back foot, flicking out long
outside leg kicks. Ricci nearly connects with a left high kick,
Fletcher comes back with a kick to the body. Ricci comes forward to
strike and gets picked off by a Fletcher right hand. Ricci backs
Fletcher toward the cage, where the “Freakshow” pushes Ricci off
with a front kick to the body. Fletcher catches a kick and strikes
back with a combo up top. Fletcher is connecting with lots of leg
kicks but there’s not much behind them as Ricci is standing at the
end of the Englishman’s range. Ricci sticks a jab and backs away
from another Fletcher kick. An inside leg kick catches Ricci low
and the Canadian takes a moment to recover. They get back to work
and Fletcher taps him with a jab before Ricci lands a body kick.
Fletcher catches a kick and rushes Ricci into the fence for the
last few seconds.

Round 2
Ricci catches a kick and puts Fletcher on the ground early.
Fletcher tries to throw up his long guard as they work at the base
of the cage, but Ricci is heavy on top and bangs him up with some
short elbows. Ricci is in full mount but reversed on top with
Fletcher rolling underneath, maybe trying for a toe hold. Ricci
extracts his leg and spins to take Fletcher’s back as they stand
back up. Fletcher scrapes him off with the help of the fence and
pushes Ricci against the fence with an underhook before being
reversed. Fletcher is sporting damage underneath his right eye as
they work around the outside and split up midway through the round.
Fletcher gets back to throwing his slow low kicks while Ricci
pressures from the center. Body kick lands for Fletcher, answered
by a right-hand counter from Ricci. A left high kick lands for
Ricci and Fletcher gives him a hard leg kick in return. Ricci goes
down the middle with a straight left, gets backed off by a pair of
Fletcher body kicks. Fletcher is getting busier with his combos by
the end of the frame but they just don’t look to have much behind
them.

Round 3
Fletcher, whose right eye looks almost swollen shut now, gets
inside on a single-leg. Ricci defends by hopping over to the fence.
Level change for Fletcher yields nothing and they wind up clinching
on the cage with Fletcher on the outside. Ricci turns it around and
they stall out until Ricci breaks off with a standing elbow. Three
minutes left in the bout and they’re back to the familiar pattern,
Ricci throwing straight punches and Fletcher firing off slapping
kicks from the outside. Fletcher gets off a right cross, tries a
superman punch and gets picked off by a Ricci counter. Ricci backs
Fletcher into the fence and lands a one-two before letting him go.
They tie up with 90 seconds left and Ricci drags Fletcher to the
ground, though Fletcher tries to grab hold of the cage and prevent
the takedown. Ricci postures up in Fletcher’s half-guard and drops
left hands while the Freakshow tries to buck and roll. Ricci takes
his back in a scramble and starts working for the RNC with 40
seconds left. Fletcher fends off the choke, so Ricci tries for an
armbar. It allows Fletcher to roll free and finish the fight on
top, landing a couple elbows before the horn.

Round 1
Ring opens up with inside and outside leg kicks, and Camozzi steps
forward with a glancing left hook. Now, Camozzi wades in behind his
jab and misses with the follow-up right. Camozzi lands a hard kick
to Ring’s lead leg as the southpaws continue to feel out the range.
Lead uppercut from Camozzi misses. With his hands at his waist,
Ring walks him toward the fence. The Canadian is having trouble
getting inside with Camozzi swinging hooks. Camozzi strikes with a
kick to the body and connects with a right hook. Ring keeps
crouching low and throwing flicking punches to the body, but he’s
not landing clean. Camozzi connects with a wide right hook that has
an off-balance Ring looking for his footing. Ring ducks a right
hook and slips out to land one of his own. A right hook from Ring
is countered by a left from Camozzi as the last few seconds tick
down in a close first round.

Round 2
The middleweights trade hard leg kicks to start the middle stanza.
Camozzi catches a front kick but can’t capitalize, and Ring comes
back to pop him with a right hand. Ring connects with a short left
and just gets out of the way of a Camozzi knee. Camozzi decks Ring
with a hard left and comes sailing in behind it with a knee that
misses. Guillotine try for Camozzi doesn’t go anywhere and they
break off. Halfway through the fight now and Camozzi looks to be
breathing hard while Ring still has some pep in his step. Camozzi
doubles up on a jab, eats a right hand in return. Ring is playing
matador, stepping out of the way of Camozzi’s slow punches and
constantly changing angles. Camozzi grabs hold of Ring’s head and
taps him with a knee. Camozzi’s nose is leaking blood as he comes
forward and catches Ring off balance with a punch. Ring stays up
and steps backward, out of the way of a series of Camozzi’s
punches.

Round 3
Jabs are exchanged early in the final round but it’s Ring mixing in
leg kicks to keep the tired Camozzi at bay. Camozzi rushes in with
a left hand, then clinches up and works to secure a rear waistlock.
Ring scoots over to the fence and puts his left side to the cage.
Camozzi gets off a couple knees before Ring slips out and resets in
the center of the cage. Ring lands a right hook and Camozzi waves
him on. Two minutes left and both men are pulling up short with
their jabs now. Ring flicks out a few leg kicks inside, eats a left
hand from Camozzi up top. Camozzi sticks a couple jabs on the
backward-moving Ring, who shoots a bad single-leg and nearly gets
his head trapped. Camozzi snaps back Ring’s head with a jab. It’s
Camozzi coming forward at the final horn, leaping at Ring with a
knee.

Round 1
Marquardt lands an inside leg kick as Ellenberger stalks out from
the center of the cage, changing levels. Ellenberger spins the
former Strikeforce champ around with a leg kick of his own.
Marquardt falls on his next leg kick, hops back up. Marquardt
catches Ellenberger coming in and rushes him with a nice right
hand. Ellenberger answers right back with a hard hook. “The
Juggernaut” just misses with an uppercut as Marquardt fakes a
single-leg shot. Marquardt with another inside leg kick as he steps
out of the way of Ellenberger’s right hand. Another pair of hard
leg kicks land for Marquardt, who is sporting a small cut
underneath his eye. Ellenberger decks Marquardt with a blazing
left-right combo and Marquardt drops to his knees. Marquardt is
diving on a shot while Ellenberger stands over him, throwing bombs.
A right hand connects and Marquardt goes limp, prompting referee
Philippe Chartier to intervene. Marquardt comes to and stands up to
protest, but the stoppage was just and this one is over. Jake
Ellenberger collects another knockout win at 3:00 of the first
round.

Round 1
Marc Goddard is the referee for tonight’s co-main event. Condit
strikes first with a leg kick inside and Hendricks rushes him,
looking to land his big left hand. Seconds later, a punch grazes
Condit’s chin and the “Natural Born Killer” looks dazed on the
fence. Hendricks dumps him to the ground but allows Condit back up
right away. Condit lands a stabbing right and has to hop backward
to avoid another flurry from Hendricks, who gives chase and takes
Condit down again. This time, Hendricks wants to keep him on the
floor, but Condit scrambles up and eats a knee to the body.
Hendricks stays glued to his back and drags him down again, where
Condit first pivots his hips and then closes up guard. Condit is
controlling Hendricks’ head, making it hard to ground-and-pound,
while Hendricks is defending against Condit’s elbows from the
ground. Condit pops Hendricks with a hammer-fist and scrambles up.
Hendricks misses with a lead uppercut but gets inside with two left
hands behind it and dumps Condit down again. Condit rolls through,
stalls out on his knees and winds up in north-south position with
Hendricks controlling his head and left arm. Condit gets to his
feet, blood trickling from his nose. He misses a leaping knee and
Hendricks resets to blast Condit with a body-head combo. Condit
uses a standing kimura to bring Hendricks down and then latches
onto the wrestler’s back as Hendricks stands. Condit loses his
hooks, pushes Hendricks away with a front kick to the face and zaps
him with a hook, but Hendricks hits one more takedown before the
horn.

Round 2
Condit lands a couple front kicks to the body of Hendricks and
steps out of the way of the return fire. A leaping knee goes for
Condit but Hendricks keeps coming. Hendricks wades in behind some
left hooks and pins Condit to the cage, then drops him down with a
double-leg. Condit turns for a kimura and Hendricks quickly gets
his arm loose. An active guard from Condit gets him back on his
feet, where he slugs Hendricks with a straight right. Hendricks
scores with a big left before pushing Condit against the cage
again. Condit defends the double-leg for a moment, succumbs, but
gets back up midway through the round to hit Hendricks with a pair
of knees. Another leaping knee from Condit gives Hendricks an
opening for another takedown, this time in the center of the
Octagon. Hendricks works from half-guard, leaning right to left on
Condit and defending the kimura. Condit posts and stands, but
Hendricks keeps back control and pulls him down again. Condit
stands again and they’re back to striking with a minute left in the
round. Hendricks dodges a front kick to the face, turns Condit
around and hits yet another takedown. Condit nearly gets back up
but Hendricks wraps his legs up and keeps him down. Condit stands
just before the end of the round and misses with a lunging
punch.

Round 3
Hendricks misses with a pair of lefts, can’t get in behind them to
set up a takedown. Condit backs him toward the fence, but Hendricks
comes right off and takes Condit down. Condit lands a short elbow
from his back and Hendricks gives him a couple rights to the ribs.
Condit lands three or four punches to the back of Hendricks’ head
before drawing a warning from ref Goddard. The former interim champ
uses a kimura to post and stand. He tries to mug Hendricks, who
backs Condit off with another big left and gets a rear waistlock on
the fence. He switches to a double-leg and puts Condit on his back
once more. Condit strikes with elbows from his back and stands with
just under two minutes remaining. A big right hook from Condit
snaps Hendricks’ head back, so Hendricks clinches up. Condit scoots
out and throws punches at Hendricks on the fence until he’s taken
down again. Condit is busy off his back while Hendricks isn’t doing
much of anything in the way of offense. Condit’s back to his feet
with 40 seconds left and storming on Hendricks with hooks and
knees. Hendricks wraps him up and takes him down for what seems
like the 20th time in the fight. Condit stands before the end and
finishes with two more right hands at the horn.

Round 1
Yves Lavigne is the referee for tonight’s main event, with judges
Richard Betrand, Sal D’Amato and David Therrien scoring at
cageside. St. Pierre is at the center of the cage even before
Lavigne calls the start. Diaz lands a quick jab and gets
double-legged to the center of the cage. Diaz quickly wraps GSP up
in his closed guard and throws up his legs, maybe hunting for a
triangle. Diaz tries for rubber guard but gets shoved to his knees.
GSP tries to take the back and Diaz looks to roll through. He does
roll and they wind up in north-south position, then GSP has to
defend a double-leg with a sprawl. Right hands from GSP as he works
from the kneeling Diaz’s right side. He switches to the left side
and works to take Diaz’s back, but Diaz puts his back on the mat
and wraps up the champ. A couple short elbows from GSP land as he
moves to Diaz’s closed guard. Another rubber guard try from Diaz,
but St. Pierre stacks him up and then returns to his back with two
minutes left. Diaz grabs the cage as he gets to his knees at the
base of the fence. GSP tears him off the fence, but Diaz grabs it
again to stand back up. GSP stays on his back, pulls him down again
and now sinks in both hooks. Diaz peels off GSP’s left foot but
can’t escape the champ’s grasp. Diaz stands, tries a standing
kimura and gets dumped on his head for his trouble, then eats a few
more punches to finish the frame. Diaz thinks GSP landed late, gets
up fuming and has to be restrained by the ref.

Round 2
Diaz has some damage on the left side of his face but it doesn’t
look too serious. He slaps at St. Pierre with a leg kick, answered
by the champ. Diaz wants to stick his jab but can’t get inside on
St. Pierre, who moves smoothly backward and then changes momentum
to take Diaz down again. Closed guard for Diaz now as St. Pierre
postures up. Diaz lands a couple short right hands from his back,
but that’s the most he’s done in terms of offense so far. GSP is
all over his challenger, pinning Diaz to the ground and posturing
up to improve his position. Diaz gets to his knees and GSP drives a
knee into the right side of his body. St. Pierre is punching under
the armpit of Diaz, who looks helpless through the first eight
minutes of action. Diaz puts GSP back in his closed guard and eats
a big elbow from the champ. Getting to his knees, Diaz tries to
roll underneath, then stands up with one hand still on the mat. GSP
breaks him right back down and throws a knee to the body from
north-south. Diaz is back on his feet now with under a minute to go
in the round. St. Pierre snaps Diaz’s head back with a leaping jab
and peppers with outside leg kicks. Diaz sticks a jab and has a
spinning kick blocked before dodging another superman punch. Once
again, Diaz has to be held back by the ref at the end of the
frame.

Round 3
Diaz is back on the ground less than a minute into the frame with
St. Pierre glued to his back. Diaz scoots toward the fence and
stands back up. He lands a shot to St. Pierre’s body but gets
turned around as GSP connects up top. A couple solid leg kicks get
through for Diaz, then St. Pierre backs him off with a few jabs.
The welterweights trade spinning kicks, neither connecting. A stiff
jab from GSP precedes a shot, but this time Diaz is able to stay
up. GSP backs off and comes forward with a straight right. Diaz
pumps his jab, clips GSP with a right hook behind the ear and St.
Pierre appears to be on rubbery legs momentarily. Diaz moving
forward now, plucking St. Pierre with a left, but St. Pierre hits
an easy takedown in the middle of the cage. Diaz tries to roll
underneath again but finishes the round underneath St. Pierre. A
late strike from Diaz draws a stern warning from Lavigne, who says
he’ll disqualify the challenger if it happens again.

Round 4
St. Pierre sticks Diaz with a pair of jabs as he moves around the
outside. Another jab and a leg kick from the champion. Diaz stuffs
a double-leg but gets jabbed again as GSP stands up. Short left
hand from GSP seems to give Diaz pause for thought. Now it’s a
right hand taking Diaz off balance, but he keeps coming forward.
GSP ducks a punch and tries to spin around the back, gets shoved
off by Diaz. They clinch on the fence and Diaz scores with a few
right hands and knees to the body. Another pair of hooks to the
body of GSP land as they separate. Diaz walks around the outside
with his hands down and St. Pierre kicks the back of his leg. St.
Pierre lands a jab and looks up at the clock, then hits a takedown
with 2:00 remaining. Diaz briefly gets rubber guard, maybe angling
for a gogoplata, but GSP snuffs it out and throws right hands as
Diaz gets to his knees. Diaz crawls up the fence, St. Pierre still
clung to his waist, and he’s suplexed back to the ground. Diaz gets
up again with under a minute remaining and tries a kimura as he
pulls guard. St. Pierre seems unperturbed as he works to secure top
position. Diaz is on his knees, his right side flush to the fence
with St. Pierre punching from the left. Diaz rolls underneath to
again finish underneath St. Pierre; he doesn’t have to be
restrained this time.

Round 5
Diaz tries to go up top with left high kicks, gets blocked. He
comes forward with jabs which GSP dodges. Diaz lands a left,
answered by a GSP jab. They tie up with over-unders and Diaz puts
St. Pierre on the fence now. Diaz sneaks a right hand inside and
St. Pierre walks him off the cage. Diaz puts him back and throws a
couple knees up the middle. They split with 3:30 left in the fight.
GSP sticks a jab and Diaz slips on a high kick. St. Pierre follows
him to the ground and traps Diaz on his knees again. Diaz goes to
his back and starts framing up a kimura on GSP’s left arm. St.
Pierre extracts the arm and Diaz gets to his knees. St. Pierre
nearly secures the back but Diaz rolls out. Heavy pressure on top
from St. Pierre, who wants to keep Diaz on his knees. Diaz slips
out and is back on his feet with 1:45 to go. They clinch and Diaz
lands a right hand and a knee to the body, then three more right
hands and another knee. GSP puts him on the fence and Diaz turns
him around. They break with 50 seconds left. St. Pierre charges on
a double-leg and puts Diaz on the ground, likely for the final
time. Diaz wraps up the champ’s head and lands a couple peppering
right hands. St. Pierre postures up and blasts Diaz with a few more
punches before the horn, and the Bell Centre goes wild. St. Pierre
hugs his challenger and Diaz raises the champ’s hand.